I wrote this in a response to a question raised about 3rd parties in America. But there is a solution, I don't expect anyone here to buy into this as a way of saving democracy or justifying it, or any of the above, but at least it may help. It's the idea of an instant voter run off. you get one...
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Attackdonkey
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Attackdonkey
on Fri, Sep 26 2008
Filed under: votes, democracy, electoral college, refom, governmet, elections
The next time you hear someone going on about the "right to vote," remind them than voting is not a right - it's a coercive power wielded by the voting minority over a society. Rights denote the extent of action men may take without initiating force against others. Voting is force, the...
Most economists agree that from a cost-benefit perspective, the cost of voting far outweighs any material benefit . For example, in a presidential election, your vote is one out of 120+ million. Your chance of casting a tie-breaking vote is infinitesimally small, so small that you could win million-dollar...